Evolution 2009
What an amazing eSports event Evolution 2009 was! The biggest fighting game tournament in North America took place this past weekend (July 17-19, 2009) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. EVO 2009 definitely lived up to its billing from start to finish the venue was packed with spectators and energy that kept growing as...
eSports Photo of the Year
I woke up Tuesday morning to a barrage of Twitter mentions notifying that one of my photos had been nominated for the 2009 eSports Photo of the Year. Personally I was hoping that I would be nominated as one of the finalists, but not exactly as confident as others had been telling me I should...
Photo Equipment
I’ve received a number of questions from people asking about the equipment I use to photograph eSports events and tournaments. In the interest of answering everyone’s question without feeling like I’m repeating myself over and over again, I have decided the best solution to the question is to answer it with a blog post going...
Paradise Hills Showdown
Yesterday I went down with the Get Your Tournament crew to San Diego to cover a pre-EVO tournament. Since media coverage was denied for a tournament at Fullerton, we decided we needed to cover at least one last tournament before EVO. San Diego is not exactly a local tournament, we had to drive for a...
A Street Fighter Filled 4th of July Weekend
What an interesting, fun-filled 4th of July weekend. The weekend included two nights of playing Street Fighter 4 till the sun started to rise and going to sleep with the sun up. AJ Papa, a video-journalist working at Get Your Tournament with me, and I met up at Arcade Infinity on Friday night. He was...
